Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES SAMUEL T. ADAMs,

OF MEDINA, OHIO.

IMPRovl-:o WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,064, dated August 5, 1862.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. ADAMs, of Medina, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a bottom View of the rubber. Fig. 3 is a view of the bottom slats. Fig. 4 is a view of one bottom slat. 1

In the figures, A represents the wash-box, which is made of any convenient size and in any suitable manner, theV bottom of said box being flat and the body of the box being secured upon legs, as represented. Within this box is placed a concave frame, B, (seen in dotted line, Fig. 1,) which rests upon springs C O. This concave is composed of slats a a, which are made fiuted and which are placed at an angle to each other, as shown in Fig. 3.

D represents the rubber,which hangs in the box upon the shaft G, being connected to said shaft by means of the arms d d. The shaft G is supported on the uprights L, which are secured to the sides ofthe box, as shown in Fig. l. The upper ends of the supports are slotted, and above the shaft G is the half of a journal-box, H. v

J represents a piece secured in the slot of the supports, and O is a spring which stands between the piece J and the part of the journalbox H. This spring is for the purpose 0f keeping the box H down to itsl place, except when pressed up by the shaft G. 'This arrangement allows the rubber to play up and downto accommodate itself tothe bulk of clothes between the said rubber and the concave.

The rubber is composed of two series of rollers, I I, which turn upon axis. These rollers have bearings for their outer ends in the framepieces M M, and these have bearings for their inner ends in the dividingboard F. Said rollers are placed at an inclination to each other, as shown. The inclination of the rollers and of the slats vary some-that is, they do not run parallel with each other, but are placed slightly out of parallel. By arranging the rollers to revolve over the clothes as the rubber is vibrated to and fro in a diagonal manner, and over slats which are diagonal, a very beneficial eect is produced in washing the dirt from clothes.

I do not propose to claim any of the partsV have a bearing, in combination with the concave provided with the tluted slats au, which are placed atan angle to each other andwhose ends connect under the dividing-board, as represented the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

S. T. ADAMS. Witnesses:

WM. H. ALDI-3N, B. T. PARMENTER. 

